1
a
: a human male offspring especially of human beings
b
: a male adopted child
c
: a human male descendant
2
capitalized
: the second person of the Trinity
3
: a person closely associated with or deriving from a formative agent (such as a nation, school, or race)
Examples of son in a Sentence
Noun
She gave birth to a son.
They have two sons and a daughter.
He is the son of a lawyer and a doctor.
the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit
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Noun
Agnes has willfully ignored the fact that her son and heir, Oscar Van Rhijn (Blake Ritson), is gay.
—Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Mariska Hargitay and her son August Hermann take a break from the heat on the set of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit on July 30 in New York.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 3 Aug. 2025
There was no immediate indication that the same office investigating Smith had opened investigations into the Justice Department special counsels who were appointed by Garland to investigate Biden and his son Hunter.
—Arkansas Online, 3 Aug. 2025
Roland Schmidt, who was charged with first-degree murder, was angry that Moyer recently served divorce paperwork to his son, according to police.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 2025
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“Son.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/son. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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son
noun1
a
: a male offspring especially of human parents
b
: a human male descendant
2
capitalized
: the second person of the Trinity
3
: a man or boy closely associated with or thought of as a child of something (as a country, race, or religion)
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